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  • Prospective Dancers
    • Scholarships
    • DressCode
  • Classes
    • Register
    • Summer
    • Winter/Spring
    • Fall
    • For Dancers Under 7
    • For Dancers 7 - 18
    • Adults
  • Events
    • Calendar
    • Recurring Events
    • Nutcracker
    • Spring Concert
  • About Us
    • History
    • Community Engagement
    • Companies
    • Team
    • Jobs
    • Royal Academy of Dance (RAD)
  • Support Us
    • Volunteer
    • Sponsor
    • Merch
  • Current Dancers
    • COVID-19 Studio Guidelines
    • Special Programs
    • LevelEvaluations
    • Virtual Classes Guide
  • Contact
  • Donate

Teacher Training & Teacher Assisting at HPSD

Hyde Park School of Dance is committed to instructing those students who are interested in the art of teaching dance, and the program is entirely free of cost for participating dancer!

Teacher Training

As a Teacher Trainee, dancers in Ballet IV and up are paired with a mentor instructor in addition to HPSD's Artistic Director to learn the art of teaching dance. 

Students are assigned to a regular pre-ballet class to observe and take part in the teaching process. 

Dedicated graduates of the Teacher Training program may even have the opportunity to work as paid student faculty at HPSD, teaching their own Pre-Ballet classes!

Teacher Assisting

Students who are eager to get started but not quite ready for the Teacher Training program, or students who would like to log volunteer hours, have the option to help out as Teachers' Assistants. Teachers' Assistants help out around the studio with younger kids' classes by setting a positive example of listening and following directions, escorting dancers to the drinking fountain, taking attendance, and more. Dancers should be in Ballet IV or higher to volunteer as Teachers' Assistants.

I want to get involved in this!

Our artistic director August Tye manages the Teacher Assistants and Teacher Trainees. If you are interested in becoming an assistant or a trainee, please email August directly, at august@hydeparkdance.org.

Hyde Park School of Dance
5650 S. Woodlawn Avenue
Chicago IL 60637
Phone: ( 773) 493-8498

Fax: (773) 493-8508
admin@hydeparkdance.org

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